Storms bearing unusually torrential rain and ferocious winds this early in the north Pacific typhoon season have flooded large swathes of East Asia, with China among the countries worst hit.

The agency is also calling for vigilance against a strong typhoon, the first of the season, that is approaching ... is moving west to east along the Pacific coast of the eastern part of the ...

An alert was issued against high waves, landslides and flooding of rivers in Pacific coastal areas of eastern Japan as the 10th typhoon of the season was only hours away from bearing down.